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My city makes the cover of TIME magazine...

Started by The Larch, August 11, 2009, 05:56:42 AM

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jimmy olsen

#15
August 11, 2009, 09:48:28 AM
17% unemployment! That's Depression territory.
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DGuller

#16
August 11, 2009, 09:48:46 AM
I wish my city would be talked about for its high unemployment.  :( 

Valmy

#17
August 11, 2009, 10:01:12 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 09:48:28 AM
17% unemployment! That's Depression territory.

It seems like in the early to mid 1980s Spain used to regularly have ridiculous levels of unemployment...like 30% IIRC.
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jimmy olsen

#18
August 11, 2009, 10:02:48 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2009, 10:01:12 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 09:48:28 AM
17% unemployment! That's Depression territory.

It seems like in the early to mid 1980s Spain used to regularly have ridiculous levels of unemployment...like 30% IIRC.
How does a society function like that?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Malthus

#19
August 11, 2009, 10:06:25 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 10:02:48 AM

How does a society function like that?

People who do work must support a lot of dependants.
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Razgovory

#20
August 11, 2009, 10:08:43 AM
My city made the cover back in 1993 when that part of it was washed away.
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DisturbedPervert

#21
August 11, 2009, 10:10:34 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 10:02:48 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2009, 10:01:12 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 09:48:28 AM
17% unemployment! That's Depression territory.

It seems like in the early to mid 1980s Spain used to regularly have ridiculous levels of unemployment...like 30% IIRC.
How does a society function like that?

Emigration.

The Larch

#22
August 11, 2009, 11:11:41 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 09:48:28 AM
17% unemployment! That's Depression territory.

That's not so extraordinary in Spain, we're used to high unemployment like that. It peaked at around 25% in 92-93.

The Larch

#23
August 11, 2009, 11:14:58 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 10:02:48 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 11, 2009, 10:01:12 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 09:48:28 AM
17% unemployment! That's Depression territory.

It seems like in the early to mid 1980s Spain used to regularly have ridiculous levels of unemployment...like 30% IIRC.
How does a society function like that?

Lots of underground economy, specially amongst the self employed. Working "under the table" is the norm in many sectors.

DGuller

#24
August 11, 2009, 11:16:10 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 11, 2009, 09:48:28 AM
17% unemployment! That's Depression territory.
By American standards, maybe.  With our limited safety net (although much improved from the times of Great Depression), high unemployment like that would indeed be an enormous strain on society.  European countries can life with higher unmployment like that (on the flip side, they do wind up living with that kind of unemployment frequently).

DGuller

#25
August 11, 2009, 11:17:26 AM
Quote from: The Larch on August 11, 2009, 11:14:58 AM
Lots of underground economy, specially amongst the self employed. Working "under the table" is the norm in many sectors.
Is it related to abuse of welfare payments to the unemployed?  Meaning that you don't want to be known as employed for fear of losing or reducing your benefits?

The Larch

#26
August 11, 2009, 11:43:33 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 11, 2009, 11:17:26 AM
Quote from: The Larch on August 11, 2009, 11:14:58 AM
Lots of underground economy, specially amongst the self employed. Working "under the table" is the norm in many sectors.
Is it related to abuse of welfare payments to the unemployed?  Meaning that you don't want to be known as employed for fear of losing or reducing your benefits?

Nope, unemployment benefits are not exactly stellar in Spain. It's mostly about skimming taxes.

Duque de Bragança

#27
August 12, 2009, 04:08:59 AM
Bragança had that dubious honour before too  :D
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